Peter Olandt

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Ukraine: A collection of thoughts on the Ukrainian Storm Brigades and also Urazovo in Russia

The 9 (to 12?) Brigades getting outfitted with western gear naturally get most of the attention for the upcoming Ukrainian offensive. With superior training, armor and mobility, they will naturally serve various roles including the breaching and...

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Developing "Warrior Heart" for facing climate change.

In late February of 2022, the people of Ukraine were facing a monumental task of impossible scale. �The Russian army was attacking the entire country and was on the doorstep of the capital. �Chances ...

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Ukraine: The First Climate War

It is my belief that the Russian invasion of Ukraine will go down as the first Climate War. �To be clear, climate change hasn’t caused this war, but this is the first major war in which climate ...

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Go back a year and look where Ukraine was. Very few people were predicting where it is now. https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/16/2158534/-Ukraine-Let-s-have-a-little-perspective-here#comment_85784651

"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory." William Barclay Total combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to March 11, 2023:

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1634497944702287874

Reposted from Twitter by @nafobot

#ukraine

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My first piece for emptywheel is up and if you want to get into the details of this week at the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial, I have you covered:

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/03/10/jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-comes-into-focus-at-proud-boys-trial-as-classified-spill-roils-proceedings/

Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy comes into focus at Proud Boys trial as classified 'spill' roils proceedings - emptywheel

As strongest footage of alleged coordination on Jan. 6 among Proud Boys emerges, the trial is roiled by a 'spill' of potentially classified information.

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My VERY professional map of Bakhmut, #Ukraine
The US defense budget shouldn't be reduced because that's what liberals have always wanted. It should be based on what we need to fight fascism and climate change. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/5/2156330/-We-need-an-Updated-Defense-budget-not-necessarily-bigger-or-smaller
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